Mitzvah Day

Join together with our entire TBH community and friends for our annual Mitzvah Day on January 14 from 9:00am to approximately 12:00pm

During Mitzvah Day, you can contribute to our collections, save lives by giving blood or learning to administer life saving drugs during an overdose, you can pack lunches for those in need, and make care packages for our unhoused neighbors.  You can craft blankets for children in crisis or sew pillowcases for children in foster care!  ECE children can participate in a Trike-A-Thon and all can enjoy yummy baked goods through our BHDS Elementary School hosted bake sale with all proceeds to benefit our Mitzvah Day program and children who are hungry. The day is filled with performing good deeds and giving back to others!  

Collections

(You can order items on amazon and have them shipped to Temple Beth Hillel: 12326 Riverside Drive, Valley Village CA 91607 C/O Rabbi Sarah Hronsky)

• New Sweatshirts - LA Family Housing
• New Men’s Underwear - NOHO Home Alliance
• Gently Used Men’s pants, sweatshirts - NOHO Home Alliance
• Gently Used Towels - NoHo Home Alliance
• Gently used clothing and small household items (aka smaller than a microwave)- Hope of the Valley
   
• E-waste recycling: Bring your USED SMALL batteries (AAA, AA, D, C, 9V) - for e-recycling AND small electronics - laptops, monitors, cell phones for e-recycling

Activities

• Blood Drive - Cedars Sinai. Click here to pre-register
• BHDS Elementary School Bake Sale- all proceeds support the projects we are undertaking throughout Mitzvah Day activities
• ECE Trike A Thon - Proceeds benefiting Comfort Zone Camp- A bereavement organization that supports children who have experienced the death of an immediate family member.  
• Pick up your compostable bin from Councilmember Raman's staff
• Combatting the Opioid Epidemic with Narcan Training for Overdose: 10:00-10:50am, and 11:30am-12:20pm for small group of approx. 20.  Prior registration required - click here to register now.  Teens should be accompanied by an adult.
• Breakfast & Lunch Preparation for Unitarian Universalist Church Drop In Center- Lasagna Making and Muffin Making 
• Dog and Cat Food Packing - packing dog and cat food into distributable size bags for NHIFP
• Craft a Blanket - Kids sizes for My Stuff Bags - children in emergency sheltering situations; Adult sizes to take to distribute to unhoused neighbors
• Hygiene Kit Making - for NHIFP (North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry)
• Snack Bag Making - each family to make one and take it for distributing to an unhoused neighbor in need 
• Pillow Case Making - Sewing pillow cases for foster youth. Volunteers must be able to use a sewing machine, and have a sewing machine and thread they can bring with them.  All fabric will be provided. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Questions? Email laadw@aol.com.
• Eye Glass Beaded Holders - making eyeglass holders for the Jewish Home for the Aging.
• Craft-a-Mitzvah - attaching tassels to baby hats for premature babies
• Sack Lunch Making - for NHIFP
• Dog Pull Toys - for the Van Nuys Animal Shelter
• NHIFP Packing of Food Bags - Help pack food bags for NHIFP in the TBH Basement